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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Vietnam veteran Lee Castanon, whose brother is one of the eight men from the Molina neighborhood killed in Vietnam and memorialized at the park, bows his head for the final prayer Saturday during a ceremony at Molina Veterans Park.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Teri Barrera finds the brick engraved with a friends name Saturday on the memorial plaza at Molina Veterans Park in Corpus Christi. Barrera said she also has several family members from the Molina neighborhood whose names appear on the brick plaza.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Arturo Garcia (left) and Pablo Silvas with the Knights of Columbus raise the U.S. flag over the brick plaza engraved with the names of veterans from the Molina neighborhood Saturday during a ceremony at Molina Veterans Park.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Members of the West Oso High School JROTC lead the West Oso drum corps and a group of Molina veterans toward the park Saturday, at the start of a ceremony at Molina Veterans Park in Corpus Christi.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Veterans from the Molina neighborhood carries flags from each of the branches of the military Saturday during a ceremony at Molina Veterans Park.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Georgia Garcia holds a pictured of her daughter, Petty Officer 1st Class Estella Marie Garcia, as she looks up at the U.S. flag and recites the Pledge of Allegiance Saturday during a ceremony at Molina Veterans Park. The ceremony was held to commemorate the brick plaza featuring names of veterans from the neighborhood and to honor all who served their country for Veterans Day.

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Michael Zamora/Caller-Times Cynthia Gonzalez snaps a photo of the brick engraved with her son's name, Army Cpt. Joshua Gonzalez, Saturday following a ceremony at Molina Veterans Park.